You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person. There is no feeling any more, because to feel any emotion would also be to beckon the overwhelming blackness from you. My mind has now locked all this down. And without any control of this self-defence mechanism my subconscious has operated. I do not feel any more. Jake Wood
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  1. You are no longer responsible. You are no longer allowed to give a shit. Nobody can need you ever again. Go.
  2. I am tough for a reason and it is to fucking destroy the music. I dance hard.
  3. I wish we would all just fall apart so I wouldn't have to listen to the downfall happen, so slowly, so painfully.
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